Full Tyria Solo Tour

Hi there,

While making this thread I was actually suprised by the possibilities of the Warrior so I decided to try some other regions namely:
The Crystal Desert
The Ring of Fire Islands
The Underworld
The Fissure of Woe

If you don't want to read the whole thread but just want to search for a specific place, press: Ctrl + F and type your place name.

Alright, lets begin with the Crystal Desert.

I'm already able to solo the following places:

Crystal Desert:
Prophet's Path
Skyward Reach
The Scar
Diviner's Ascent
Vulture Drifts
The Arid Sea

And the following missions:
The Dragon's Lair

Places / Missions I haven't tried yet:
Salt Flats
Elona Reach
Thirsty River
Dunes of Despair


Prophet's Path

W/R

Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Wilderniss Survival: 11
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 9 (8+1)
Tactics 14 (11+3)

Skills:



Sever Artery
Apply Poison
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Melandru's Resilience {E}
Troll Unguent
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

You can enter Prophet's Path from 3 different places so I'll just explain you how to kill each kind of monster because you can take each route you want.

Desert Griffons: Kill them using your Ripostes. Make sure Dolyak Signet is on.
Jade Scarabs: Those are harder, their life-stealing skills ignores armor so you have to use your Ripostes to kill them. Use healing signet when possible.

Losaru: There are 4 differnt Losaru: Bladehands, Bowmaster, Lifebands and Windcasters. When fighting them, attack the Lifebands first while using your Ripostes to take the Bladehands out at the same time.
Minotaurs: Make sure Dolyak Signet is on when possible, use Apply Poison and your Ripostes to take them out.

Rockshot Devourer Apply Poison should be enough.
Sand Elementals: Those are the hardest, kill them using Power Attack and heal whenever its possible. Make sure to lure them so you won't agro all of them.

Sand Wurms: 4 words: Riposte and Deadly Riposte.

Scarab Nest Builder: Those creatures may look like Rangers because of there traps but they still use melee attacks so they will trigger your Ripostes.
Marrow Scarab: Those are hard because of their Virulence. This is way you brought Melandru's Resilience. When they use Virulence, cast Melandru's Resilience and Troll Unguent.

Rock-Eater Scarab: Because of their frenzy, they take double damage. 2 or 3 Ripostes should be enough.




Blue dots: Jade Scarabs, Scarab Nest Builders, Marrow Scarab, and Rock Eater Scarabs
Black dots: Losaru
Pink dots: Sand Wurms
Red dots: Sand Elementals


Skyward Reach

W/Me

Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Inspiriation Magic: 2
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sprint
Sever Artery
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Victory is Mine! {E}
Elemental Resistance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: When entering Skyward Reach you'll see allot of Hydra's. Make sure u've a with +45/-2 stance shield and cast Elemental Resistance before going into battle. Slash them with Sever Artery and use your Ripostes whenever its possible. Also make sure that you don't agro to much Hydra's.


Step 2: Move on and kill all the Hydra's you'll see. The drops are pretty good here.
Step 3: You'll face some Losaru's too. When fighting them, attack the Lifebands first while using your Ripostes to take the Bladehands out at the same time. After you've killed them, go after the Windcasters.

Step 4: If you took the right way you should face some Enchanted. Attack the archers first and use your Ripostes to kill the Warriors at the same time.

Step 5: Go on untill you've cleared everything else.



Red dots: Hydra's
Blue dots: Enchanted
Black dots: Losaru


Diviner's Ascent

W/Me

Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Inspiriation Magic: 2
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sprint
Sever Artery
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Gladiator's Defense
Physical Resistance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: The first thing you'll mention when you entered Deviner's Ascent are the large groups of Sand Drakes. They are quite easy to kill and their drops are also good. The Sand Drakes ussualy spawn in groups of 3 or 4, use your Ripostes and Gladiator's Defense to kill them.

Step 2: When fighting the Drakes, some Rock-Eater Scarabs, Jade Scarabs and/or Rockshot Devourers might pop up. Kill the Jade Scarabs first, the Rock-Eater Scarabs are easy because of their Frenzy. Save the Rockshot Devourers for the last.

Step 3: You should face some bosses in this area but don't worry. They shouldn't be a problem if you follow my tactics which I gave you above.


Step 4: There should be 2 Sand Wurms in this area. Kill them using your Ripostes and make sure Dolyak Signet is on.

Step 5: Now you can just clear everthing else with the tactics I gave you above.



Black dots: Sand Drakes
Pink dots: Sand Wurms
Red dots: Hydra's
The Scarabs are all over the place.


Vulture Drifts

W/N

Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sprint
Power Attack
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Gladiator's Defemse
Plague Touch
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: When you entered Vulture Drift you'll see a group of Enchanted in your way. Attack the rangers first with Power Attack. Kill the Enchanted Sword and Enchanted Hammer using your Ripostes. When the Rangers cast Throw Dirt, use Plaque Touch to cleanse youselve from blind.

Step 2: Clear all the enchanted using those tactics. Watch out with aggroing to much of them, they might be hard when there are a allot of them. When you face some Grifons, take them out with your Ripostes

Step 3: There are allot of Sand Wurms in this area at a special spot. Take them out one by one with your Ripostes. There might be some Sand Elementals too, kill them with Power Attack

Step 4: You should face some Hydra's too. Kill them with your Ripostes and if there is a boss around them, just kill him too for the Moral Boost

Step 5: When you go to the North-West, you'll face allot of Jade Scarabs and Sand Giants. They are the hardest creatures in this area so don't agro more then 3-5 of them or you're death.

Step 6: Kill everything else.



Black dots: Sand Wurms
Red dots: Enchanted
Blue dots: Scarabs and Sand Giants


The Arid Sea

W/N

Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sprint
Power Attack
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Gladiator's Defemse
Plague Touch
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: The first thing you'll see is a Sand Wurm. Kill it with your Ripostes.

Step 2: Go straight on and you should see some Sand Giants and Scarabs. Again, those are hard so use Healing Signet whenever its possible.

Step 3: When you go to the old ruins, you'll see allot of Enchanted. Kill the Enchanted Bows first with your Power Attack. When you attack them, use your Ripostes to take the Warriors out in the same time. Use Plaque Touch when blinded.

Step 4: Clear the city and everything else.




Block dots: Scarabs and Sand Giants
Pink dots: Sand Wurms
Red dots: Enchanted


Tomb of the Primeval Kings

After days of changing my build for soloing The Tombs of the Primeval Kings I finally decided to post it. On my first screenshots you should see me as a Me/X. I changed to a Me/Rit to make the build saver. I'm able to solo stage 1 but I advise you guys to take one of the Zaishen Monks for in case you die. Stage 2 is much harder so I still need to tweak the build a bit, maybe some of you can help me out!

Attribute Points:



Skills:



Ether Feast
Empathy
Spirit of Failure
Resilient Weapon
Wielder's Boon
Elemental Resistance
Mantra of Resolve
Signet of Midnight

Note: you should see other skills in some of these screenshots then I gave you above, use the Me/Rit build

Step 1: I advise you guys to take 1 Zaishen Monk hench since you can order her. Let her stand at the place where you spawn and run forward while casting Mantra of Resolve.
Step 2: Stop at the bottem of the bridge and use Spirit of Failure on the Scythe of Chaos which should be on the other side on the bridge. A Grasp of Insanity should come to you. Use Signet of Midnight to blind him, cast empathy and again Spirit of Failure on the Grasp.

Step 3: When the Grasp is down, cast Empathy and Spirit of Failure on each Scythe of Chaos.

Step 4: Continue to the next group while standing under the bridge. Cast Spirit of Failure on one of the Scythe of Chaos. When the Grasp is coming to you, use Signet of Midnight, Empathy and Spirit of Failure

Step 5: Sometimes a group of 3-4 Grasps pop up under/near the bridge. Kill them using the Midnight, Empathy, Failure technice and make sure that only one is attacking you.


Step 6: Lure the Banished Dream Riders which should be on your right with a flatbow. Lure them to your spawnpoint and kill them using Empathy and Spirit of Failure. Make sure Mantra of Resolve is always on!

Step 7: Continue killing the next group with the same tactics I gave you above.

Step 8: Kill all the other groups and save the Terrorweb Dryders for the last.

Step 9: Lure the Terrorweb Dryder's to your spawn point so the two Acolyte's will help you killing them. They don't steal your drops so don't worry about that.
Step 10: Kill the last group with the now famous wall-hiding tactics.

Step 11: Good job! You've know cleared stage one!


I was able to clear a little bit of stage 2 but I need something extra to kill the Terrorwebs. If you guys have any advise, give them!


The Dragon's Lair


Step 1: When you enter stage 1, kill the Enchanted hammers and swords with your Ripostes. The monks should not heal them.

Step 2: Don't bother killing the monks, just walk slowly forward to the Facet of Light so the monks won't heal the Facet. Make sure to interupt his Shield of Regeneration.

Step 3: Next stage, kill the enchanted hammers and sword with your Ripostes.

Step 4: Kill the Enchanted Bows with your Final Thrust but they blind you so this can take a while.

Step 5: Kill the Facet of Nature with your Final Thrust and GB when you're low on health

Step 6: This stage is very easy, just kill the spiders with your final thrust.

Step 7: Kill the Facet of Chaos while using your Ripostes and GB.

Step 8: Kill everything with your Ripostes but watch out for their Corps Explotion.

Step 9: Kill the Facet of Darkness with GB and your Ripostes but watch out! He'll use Grenth's Balance against you.


Screenshots and guide of the last 2 stages will come soon


The Southern Shiverpeaks


I'm able to solo the following places:
Lornar's Pass
Snake Dance
Grenth's Footprint
Witmans Folly
Ice Floe
Talus Chute
Mineral Springs
Tasca's Demise
Missions
Iron Mines of Moladune
Ice Caves of Sorrow

Places/Missions I haven't tried yet:

Spearhead Peak
Ice Dome
Dreadnought's Drift
Thunderhead Keep

I've added only 2 movies yet. They are both from the Ice Caves of Sorrow guide, I'll add more soon

Ok the beginning of the Southern Shiverpeaks is in Lornar's Pass so I decided to begin there. Here is what I did.
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Lornar's Pass

Drops: Drops are ok, a lot of weapons which u can sell for at least 50gp at the merchant. Chests drops are mostly gold so don't forget keys.
Equipment:
Flatbow for Pulling mobs
15^50 Zealous sword of Defense.
+15%dmg while in a stance Zealous sword of Defense.
+30 hp / -5 (20% change) shield
+45 hp / -2 while in a stance shield
+60 hp / -3 while hexed shield
Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sever Artery
Epidemic
Victory is Mine! {E}
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Dolyak Signet
Elemental Resistance
Healing Signet

Step 1: Ok when you're in Lornar's Pass, go to the right. You'll see 1 or 2 Ice Imps with 1 or 2 Pinesouls. Use Elemental Resistance before you're going to attack, then use Sever Artery on the first Ice Imp and IF the other foe's are near them use Epidemic followed by Victory is Mine!

Step 2: If you want to solo 100% of Lornar's Pass you can also go to the left and kill the other Ice Imps, Ice Golems and Avicara. *Note: When fighting Ice Imps and Ice Golems, always use Elemental Resistance and switch to your +45hp / -2 stance shield!*

Step 3: Follow the road but watch out for the Frost Wurms. When they pop up, use your reposites to kill them. You can also switch to your +60 hp/ -3 shield when he casts Suffering.

Step 4: When you're at the beginning of the cave, try to lure the Avicara and kill them using Sever Artery, Epidemic, Reposites and Victory is Mine!

Step 5: Keep following the road and kill everthing you see. When you attack the Ice Golems, they'll cast Rust on you. Use your Elemental Resistance and Dolyak Signet to stay alive.

Step 6: Follow the road and go into the cave on your right hand. Also, dont forget the fight the Crone's and the Ice Golems.

Step 7: The Mountain Trolls might be hard but if u use your Ripostes, Sever Artery, Epidemic and your Victory is Mine wisely you'll make it.

Step 8:: When you're outside the cave while following the road, 3 Frost Wurms will pop up. Again, use your reposites and ViM! wisely.

Red dots: Ice Wurms
Good luck killing them and don't forget to kill the group Crone's at the end of the way.
Step 9:
Make your way down to all the Ice Golems, Pinesouls, Ice Imps etc. untill you're in Dreadnoughts Drift.
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Snake Dance

Snake Dance is the second place i'll solo.

Drops: Lots of armors and mountain trolls tusks. Also long swords and other stuff which can be sold to the merchant for 50gp or more.
Equipment:
Flatbow
Zealous sword of Defense +15% dmg (while in a stance)
Zealous sword of Defense 15^50
+30 hp / -5 (20% change) shield
+45 hp / -2 while in a stance shield
+60 hp / -3 while hexed shield
Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sprint
Sever Artery
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Gladiator's Defense
Physical Resistance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

*Note: In my screenshots you'll see the skill Elemental Resistance in stead of Physical Resistance, use PR*

Step 1: When you enter Snake Dance, take the right way and you'll see 2 Blessed Griffons. Try to lure them so the Azure Shadows won't pop up. After you killed those Griffons using your reposites, walk forward until the Shadows pop up. Use Dolyak Signet so you won't be knocked-down while they cast their Signet of Judgement.
Step 2: After you killed them you'll see alot of groups with 1 Dolyak Master and 3 Summit Giant Herders. Attack the Dolyak Master and use your ripostes against the Herders. Do not try to kill the Dolyak Master; its useless.


Step 3: Follow the road untill you see the huge group of Mountain Trolls. Try to lure them in smaller groups but don't worry if you agro them all: cast Physical Resistance and Dolyak Signet and take your +45hp / -2 stance shield. Again, use your Ripostes and Gladiators Defense wisely.

Step 4: Make your way through the cave and kill the other Mountain Trolls. When you go to the left you'll see some Tundra Giants. Kill them again with your mighty Ripostes. *Note: Tundra Giants will use melee attacks when you stand next to them.*.

Step 5: Just follow the road to the west and keep killing all the Tundra Giants and Azure Shadows with the tactics I gave you.
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Grenth's Footprint

First of all I want to say that i should never be able to solo GF without this build: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s....php?t=3006532 Made my Lambda the Great.
I changed some skills though but using Grenth's Balance was a godly idea. Thank you Lambda.
PS: You can better read Lambda's thread than this part of the Solo Tour, Lambda is more experienced in soloing GF then me. Although here is my way to solo GF.

Drops: Greens! Also summit axes and armors drop here a lot. Many gold drops too.
Equipment: +20%Dmg (Hexed) Zealous sword of Dwarvenslaying

+30 hp / -2 while in a stance shield
+60 hp / -3 while hexed shield
Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Grenth's Balance
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Sever Artery
Final Thrust
Distracting Blow
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: When you enter Grenth's Footprint, walk down and lure the first group of mobs with a bow. The dwarf at the top of the hill will follow, and heal you. Use your Ripostes on the Carvers and your Sever Artery on the Rangers. Slay the Ice Golems with your Final Thrust. Do not use Sever Artery on the Gnashers, they will cast Plague Touch.
Step 2: Fight your way down to the Highpriest and accept his quest. Now you have a personal Dwarven-monk.
Keep fighting using the tactics i gave you. So far I was able to kill the following bosses:
Thorgall Bludgeonhammer

Flint Fleshcleaver

Gorrel Rockmolder


Morgriff Shadestone


Again, this part of the Solo Tour could not be done without Lambda. Thank you!
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Ice Floe

Not done yet, I'm only be able to kill a couple mursaat and all the ice imps.

Ice Imps
Mursaat

Will be Continued

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Iron Mines of Moladune

Drops: Lots of White Mantle and Mursaat stuff: badges, white scytes, hornbows and armors. Also mountain troll tusks can be found here
Equipment:
Flatbow
Zealous sword of Defense +15% dmg (while in a stance)
Zealous sword of Defense 15^50
+30 hp / -2 while in a stance shield
+60 hp / -3 while hexed shield
Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:




Sprint
Sever Artery
Gash // Bonetti's Defense
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Grenth's Balance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: When you start the mission and walk a little bit forward you'll see White Mantles vs Stone Summit, you may kill them if you want but that is not nessecary. If you dont want to kill them, you can just run.

Step 2: Walk down and take the right way on the icy river, you'll see some Tundra Giants and also some Azure Shadows will pop up.

Step 3: Just follow the road and kill all the other Tundra Giants and Mountain Trolls.

Step 4: When you can choose between 2 different routes, you can take the left or the right.
Left way: this is the shortest way, you'll will see some Stone Summits fighting with White Mantles so you can again just run past them.
Right way: this is the longest way, you'll see some White Mantles, just kill them



Step 5: Slonak Copperbark. You'll face this dude when you're down the hill. Just kill him using Grenths Balance, riposte and deadly riposte.*Note: only use Grenths Balance while your health is below 150!*

Step 6: Go straight on untill you see an entrance at the right, enter it, follow the road, and killl the Mountain Trolls.
Step 7: When you see a bridge, just go straight on and do not go to the left. Now you'll encounter some Blesssed Griffons. Watch out for their Symbol of Wrath and use your ripostes.

Step 8: Follow the road untill you see the boss: Balt Duskstrider. some Azure Nightmares will pop up too. This part might be hard but use your Grenth's Balance on Balt Duskstrider and your ripostes and you'll will be fine.
Step 9: Use sprint while running into the cave, a lot of Azure Nightmares will pop up. Just run untill you see the moviescreen. You're at the seer now

Step 10: Kill Ceru Gloomrunner

Step 11: Kill the Eidolon and the other Azure Nightmares with your Ripostes.


Step 12:After you returned the Spectral Essence to the seer, continue killing Mursaat and White Mantles all the way to Markis



Me vs Markis


Almost got him..I took of my armor so i could use Grenth's Balance faster but I didn't pay enough attention at the end and he killed me with a critical hit


Another build though..will show it soon when I'm 100% done with tweaking it
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Witmans Folly

Drops: Armors! Got 1 minor vigor, strength and tactics on my first run. Intricate Grawl Necklaces drops here a lot which can be sold to the collector near the entrance of Port Sledge
Equipment:
Flatbow
Zealous sword of Defense +15% dmg (while in a stance)
Zealous sword of Defense 15^50
+30hp / -5 (20% change) shield
+45hp / -2 stance shield
Armor:
Full gladiators with Ascalon helm
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Power Attack
Final Thrust
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Gladiator's Defense
Elemental Resistance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: When you walk out of Port Sledge, go to the right and kill all the Grawls if they are there. If they dont spawn there, kill all the Azure Shadows using your reposites which will pop up after a short walk. Also use your Elemental Resistance here and switch to your +45 hp / -2 stance shield.

Step 2: Follow the road and kill all the other Azure Shadows using the same tactics as i gave u above. *Note: Make sure that Dolyak Signet and Elemental Resistance are always on while fighting the Shadows*

You can leave Maak Frostfriend alive if you face him.
Step 3: Make your way through all the other shadows untill you are at the famous place with Crawls all over the place.

Step 4: First you've to kill all the Crawls using your Ripostes and Gladiators Defense. After that u can cast Elemental Resistance and switch to your +45hp / -2 stance shield to kill the Crawl Crones
*Note: You probaly have seen another build in these screenshots then I wrote above. Use the skill set I've written above, the Crones will use plague signet* The screenshots after this sentence will show u the correct build.

Just kill all the Grawls and the Crawl Crones in your way. If you think a group is to big, try to lure some of them to make it easier.
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Tasca's Demise

Drops: Drops are good; fellblades, summit axes, summit hammers and a lot of dwarven armors which will salvage into steel ingots.
Equipment: +20%Dmg (Hexed) Zealous sword of Dwarvenslaying

+30 hp / -2 while in a stance shield
+60 hp / -3 while hexed shield
Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:
I have tried 2 builds yet and they both work fine.

Skill set 1:


Grenth's Balance
Bonetti's Defense
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Distracting Blow
Plague Touch
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Skill set 2:


Sever Artery
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Gladiator's Defense {E}
Elemental Resistance
Physical Resistance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Both of the skill sets are OK but Skill set 2 is easier IMO. I'm not able yet to clear all of Tasca's Demise but i've already done a part of it.

Step 1: When you enter Tasca's Demise, run to the right wall so you avoid the "ambush". Take a break at the Res shrine untill you see a dwarven patrol coming your way.

Kill them using either Physical Resistance, Dolyak Signet and your ripostes or your ripostes and Grenths Balance. *Note: only use healing signet when either Bonettie's Defense or Gladiators Defense is on!* Use Sever Artery or Plague Touch on the rangers.
Step 2: Now you've killed the patrol, head back to the 2 groups of Dwarves. Lure the first group with your flatbow and try to stay behind the wall so the Rangers/Gnashers won't hit you.


Step 3: You can do the same with the second group but you can better leave them there in case you die. You can get rid of your DP here easy. Now turn around untill you see the large group of Stone Summit. This is a hard part and you might die. There should be 2 gnashers and 5-6 warriors in this group. Leave the gnashers and cast Physical Resistance and Dolyak Signet. Kill the warriors with your Ripostes and Gladiators Defense.

After you killed all the warriors, walk back because there will be a lot of Bone Fiends. If you died, you can kill the second group in the begin of Tasca's Demise. You can also wait a minute so the Bone Fiends will be dead when you return. Now there are only 2 Gnashers left. Kill them.

Ok now go straight on untill you see a large bridge. Wait there and a patrol with 1 Dolyak Master, Herders and some Carves will come your way.

Use Gladiators Defense and your Ripostes so the Master don't know who to heal.

Step 5: Now, you won't be able to kill the Dolyak Master (you should be able to do it with the Grenth's Balance build but it will take some time). Head back, lure some other dwarves and keep on killing with the same tactics i gave you.
You can also head back and take the right way so you'll face 3 Ice Golems. This is hard but if you use Elemental Resistance and Dolyak Signet, you can kill them.


Here is a map with some details:

Red: Dwarven Ambush
Blue: Dwarven Patrols
Yellow: Ice Golems.
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Talus Chute

Drops: Fellblades, armors which you can salvage into steel and leather, Long Swords and other stuff which you can sell for 50 + to the merchant.

Equipment:
Flatbow
Zealous sword of Defense +15% dmg (while in a stance)
Zealous sword of Defense 15^50
+30hp / -5 (20% change) shield
+45hp / -2 stance shield
Armor:
Full Gladiators with Ascalon helm.
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sever Artery
Riposte
Deadly Riposte
Gladiator's Defense {E}
Elemental Resistance
Physical Resistance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet

Step 1: When you enter Talus Chute, go straight on untill you see the first group of Avicara. Sometimes there might be some Mountain Trolls too. Kill the warriors using your Ripostes and the Archers using Sever Artery.

Step 2: Take the left way into the famous Mountain Troll Cave. You can either lure a group or take them all at once. Use Physical Resistance and Dolyak Signet to take minumum damage. Kill them using Gladiators Defense and your Ripostes.

Step 3: Now you can take the left or the right way. You'll face Krogg Smush or Whuump Wuumbuul. Kill them with Sever Artery and your Ripostes.


Step 4: Take the right exit of the Troll Cave and you'll face some Tundra Giants. Finish them.

Step 5:Now kill all the other foes you see but watch out for the Avicara groups with Avicara Wise, they'll use Ineptitude. Only use the Ripostes and Gladiators Defense but don't attack them.

Step 6: Keep on moving untill you see a big Fort with allot of Crawls in it. Here you can get the Icebreaker. Kill the Mighty Crawls with your Ripostes and the Barbed Crawls just by slashing them with your sword.

Step 7: Now just clear everything of Talus Chute. You can kill Ice Golums using Elemental Resistance and Dolyak Signet.

Blue dots: Avicara
Black dots: Mountain Trolls
Yellow dots: Tundra Giants
Red dots: Crawls
White dots: Ice Golems
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Mineral Springs

First of all, I'm not 100% done with this build, its still hard to kill the Avicara groups with the Ardent, Wise, Guile and the Braves. Anyway, this is what I did:

Equipment:
Flatbow
Zealous sword of Defense +15% dmg (while in a stance)
Zealous sword of Defense 15^50
+30hp / -5 (20% change) shield
+45hp / -2 stance shield
Armor:
Full gladiators with Ascalon helm
Attribute points:
Strength: 9 (8+1)
Swordmanship 11 (10+1)
Tactics 15 (12+3)

Skills:



Sprint
Sever Artery
Riposte
Gladiator's Defense {E}
Elemental Resistance
Physical Resistance
Dolyak Signet
Healing Signet


Step 1: When you enter Tasca's Demise, use sprint to get past the ambush. go straight on using sprint untill you see a large bridge. Dont go to the left but walk a little bit forward untill you see a second entrance to the bridge, use sprint en run past the stone summit group. Take a break at this point untill the patrol is away from you.

Step 2: When the patrol is gone, take the right way. You might die here but that's ok, you'll be spawned near the entrance to Mineral Springs
Step 3: Ok, now you've entered Mineral Springs ther're a view I'm going to learn you. When you see the group of Avicara Fierce and Brave, lure them using your flatbow and go to this point: the Fierces can't hit you there so you only have to focus yourself on the Braves using Physical Resistance, Dolyak and your Ripostes.

*Note: when attacking the Fierces, dont forgot the use Elemental Resistance, now their Ignite Arrows are almost useless.*
Step 4: Take the right way untill you see the second group of Fierces and Braves. Here's the also the second spot for a trick.

Step 5: Now go on and you'll see a 3th group of Fierces and Braves Here's also the 3th spot where you'll apply my trick.

Step 6: Move on and kill all the other groups you'll see. Try to use the enviroment like I did.
Step 7: When you see the second res shire, take the right way and you'l see some Tundra Giants. Kill them using Physical Resistance, Dolyak Signet and your Ripostes.

Step 8: Watch out for Frost Wurms. U can kill them using your Ripostes and Gladiators Defense. Don't forget to use Dolyak Signet and Physical Resistance here.

Step 9: Take the entrance into the cave and run past the group with the boss.
Step 10: You can take the other way back killing all the other foe's using the same tactics which I gave you. Watch out for the balanced groups of Ardents, Wises, Guiles, Braves and Fierces. However, you can kill these groups also using the enviroment.

As you can see, the Guile stays at the bottom of the hill and he does't attack me
Step 11: The famous Ice Imp cave can be cleared using Elemental Resistance, Dolyak Signet and Sever Artery. Watch out here! They might be harder then expected so kill 2, run back and regen and so on.

Blue dots: Avicara
Black dots: Tundra Giants
Yellow dots: Wrost Furms
Red dots: Ice Imps
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Ice Caves of Sorrow

Originally Posted by moenbase